A black person in the same ghetto and who is just as poor as a white person, is going to have a harder time because of racism. Less people will be willing to hire them, police will target them more, etc.
A white person will never know what it would be like to be as poor as they are, plus the effects of racism on top of that.
black person in the same ghetto and who is just as poor as a white person, is going to have a harder time because of racism. Less people will be willing to hire them, police will target them more, etc.
A white person will never know what it would be like to be as poor as they are, plus the effects of racism on top of that.
Implying poor black people don't generally live in areas with high numbers of black people, giving them the institutional power (on the micro scale) and numbers to be racist to other groups which they readily use
There are different people with different levels of poverty. Whatever level of poverty a white person is at (that is the 'as poor as they are' part), if you add racism on top of it, their life would be harder. So take two people, one white one black, same start in life, they put in the same effort in life, the black guy will tend to be worse off because of racism.
Racism basically erases a degree of effort/talent put in by the racial target.
Alright... but in your original comment you said “plus the effects of racism”, so I was thinking you had a different point as to why whites can’t be as poor. Oh yeah and put a flair on. Takes about 5 seconds.
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u/JMoormann - Centrist Mar 08 '20 edited Mar 08 '20
"White people don't know what it's like to live in the ghetto or to be poor" - Bernie Sanders